Protective container for mantles.



M. G. WHITAKER.

PROTECTIVE CONTAINER POR MANTLES.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 1, 1909. l

Patented July 2, 1912.

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PROTECTIVE CONTAINER EOE MANTLES.

APPLICATION I'ILED DE01, 1909.

Patented 'July 2, 1912.

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iwf/ZW? @Lfd-S WNTTFD l STATES MILTON C. WHITAKER, OF GLOUCESTER CITY,NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 WELSBACH LIGHT COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

PROTECTIVE CONTAINER FOR MANTLES.

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.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON C. VHITAKER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Gloucester City, inthe county of Camden and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inProtective Containers for Mantles, of which the following is adescription.

As is well known, lVelsbach and other incandescent mantles as ordinarilymanufactured are extremely fragile and must be very carefully protectedagainstY breakage during the handling which necessarily occurs fromfactory to consumer.l Various containers for protectingthese mantleshave been devised from time to time, but many of them cannot bemanufactured with suiiicient cheapness to enable them to be used forordinary purposes; others are open to the objection that the mantle isreadily and therefore frequently injured while being removed therefrom,and others again require the use of both hands and considerablemanipulation in order to free t-he mantle.

My invention has for its object the pr0- vision of an improved containerfree from the objections noted, which will be cheap to manufacture andsimple and easy to use, which will facilitate the packing and handlingof the mantles, and which will reduce breakage to` a minimum.

Reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1is a front elevation of a mantle and container embodying my invention inits preferred form; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 isa detail perspective view of the holding means for the mantle carrier;Fig. 4: is a front elevation of a modiiication of my invention; Figs. 5and 6 are front elevation and plan respectively of another modiiication;Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the mantle carrier adapted for use withthe container of Figs. 5 and 6; Fig. 8l is a frontelevation ofanothermodification; Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the holding means of Fig.8; Fig. 10 is a front elevation'of another modification; Fig. 11 is aperspective View of the holding means of Fig. 10; Fig. 12 is a frontelevation showing an adapta- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 1, 1909.

Patented July 2, 1912. Serial No. 530,730.

tion of my invention to a mantle of the inverted type; Fig. 13 is asection on line 13-13 of Fig. 12; Fig. 14. is a detail perspective viewof the mantle carrier holding means of Figs. 12 and 13.

Corresponding parts are designated by the same numerals of reference inthe several views.

rlhe mantle 1 is of a well known type and is suspended from the'usualring 2 formed on the upright 3 which is carried by a socket 4 rigid withthe burner cap or mantle carrier 5. Said mantle carrier is formed withoppositely disposed slots 6 and may be stamped from sheet metal. Exceptfor said slots it resembles the usual mantle carrier, and the mantle maybe applied thereto in any desired manner, as for example in the mannershown, or by means of the well known double wire support or the wellknown center support.

The mantle carrier 5 is adapted to be removably engaged with a holderpreferably in the form of a plate 7 of sheet metal having inwardlyextending flanges 8 with shoulders 9. Teeth or tangs 10 are struck outfrom the body of the -plate and are used for securing the same to theend of a pasteboard "carton 11 which is open at one side as shown,

said tangs passing through the same and being bent over as shown. 4Theseteeth may be dispensed with if desired and the plate secured to thecarton by means of rivets or eyelets. The flanges 8 are so situated asto engage the slots 6 when the mantle and mantle carrier are introducedinto the carton, the shoulders 9 acting as stops or abutments for thesaid mantle carrier. Instead of providing the iianges 8 with shouldersas shown, their edges may be straight and bent down at the rear cornersthereby forming stops, or other means may be employed for limiting themovement of the carrier with respect to the holder.' ,The mantle carrier5 is resilient and is in frictional engagement with the holder 7 whichmay also be somewhat resilient. This result is obtained preferably bymaking the distance between the edges of the flanges 8 such as to causethem to bear against the ends of the slots 6, the

` tion transverse to the axis of the mantle.

move them therefrom, it being necessary7 onlyA to seize the socket 4 andmove the mantle carrier into or out of the carton in a direc- It is notnecessary to apply the holding means to the end wall ot the carton 11 assaid'means may be applied to the side walls at a point or points nearthe end, as shown in Fig. 4, in which the holding means consist ofoppositely disposed plates 13, bent to form ribs 14 for engaging theslots 6, and having tangs 15 passing through said walls and clamped downupon the same.

The container of Figs. 5 and 6 comprises the rectangular carton 11, anda holder secured to the end thereof and consisting of a cylindricalblock 16 with laterally projecting pins 7 is formed with oppositelydisposed L- shaped slots 19 adapted to receive the pins 17 and formingtherewith a bayonet joint. The height of the carton is suiiicient topermit the slight vertical movement required to disengage the slots 19and pins 17, the mantle carrier and mantle being moved into A Yor out ofthe carton in a direction transverse to the axis of the mantle.

In Figs. 8 and 9 I have Villustrated another modification of myinvention, in which the holder is in the form of a plate 31 havingsecuring teeth 32 and bent to form a central track or guide 33 which isadapted to frictionally engage the edges of T-shaped openings 34 formedin the resilient mantle carrier 35.

In the device of Figs. 10 and 11, the holder is composed of a flat plate36 secured to the carton by rivets 43 and having a vertical flange 37,to which is secured, by a rivet 38, a U-shaped Wire somewhat resilientand having prongs 39 and central attened portion 40. The mantle carrier41 is provided with openings 42 to Vfrictionally engage the said prongsas shown.

Referring to Figs. 12 to 14, the mantle 20 of the inverted type iscarried by the usual ring mantle carrier 21 of clay or other suitablematerial and having the usual radial supporting lugs 22 carried by arms30, all

of well known or standard form. The container comprises the rectangularcarton 11 of pasteboard, and a holder formed of a sin- 17. The mantlecarrier 18 of Fig.

gle piece of sheet metal bent to form a body 23 having securing teeth ortangs 24 and a finger 25, and an overhanging plate 26 having a recess27, said plate being connected at its rear end with said body by avertical web 28. Notches 29 are formed inthe finger 25 to facilitatebending. `The holder formed as shown in Fig. 14 is secured to the lowerend of the carton 11 by the teeth 24 which are passed through the sameand then bent down. The container is then ready to receive the mantlecarrier 21. This member is'grasped by one of the lugs 22 and moved intothe carton in a direction transverse to the axis of the mantle in such away asto cause the two forwardlugs 22Vto pass between the overhangingplate 26 and body 23 until their inner ends abut against the web 28asshown in Fig. 9, thethird lug 22. extending beneath the plate26 withits supporting arm 30 within the notch 27, the other arms 30 being inclose proximity to .the lateral edges of the plate 26, whereby the isheld against lateral displacement. The end of nger 25 is then bent intoa vertical position immediately adjacent the end of the lug 22 as shown,whereby the mantle carrier is locked into the holder. It may be readilywithdrawn therefrom by bending the finger 25 into its original position.

Having now described my invention, what I claim isf 1. The combinationof a carton open at one side, holding means secured thereto andcomprising inwardly extending flanges, and a mantle carrier carrying amantle, said mantle carrier having oppositely disposed slots so disposedas to receive-said flanges.

2. The combination of a carton open at one side, holding means securedthereto and comprising inwardly extending flanges, and a mantle carriercarrying a mantle, said mantle carrier having oppositely disposed slotsso disposed as to receive said flanges,the distance between saidslotsbeing normally somewhat in excess of the distance between Atheflanges.

3. The combination of a carton open at one side, -a holder securedthereto and comprising inwardly extending flanges, and a mantle carriercarrying a mantle, said mantle carrier having oppositely disposed slotsso disposed as to receive said flanges, and an abutment to limit themovement of said mantle carrier with Vrespect to said holder.

4. A protective container for mantles consist-ing of a carton `open atone side and holding means adjacent one end of said opening, saidholding-means having a projecting portion in combination with acylindrical mantle carrier having an opening to receive said projectingportion, and movable into and Yout of said holding means in/ a directiontransverse `to the axis of the mantle.

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5. A protective container for mantles contoward or into the holdingmeans in a direcslstlng of a Carton open at one side and holdtlontransverse to the axis of the mantle. 10

ing means adjacent one end of said opening, This specification signedand witnessed in combination With a cylindrical mantle this 26th day ofNovember 1909.

carrier, said holding means and mantle ear- MILTON C. VHITAKER. rierbeing provided with one or more coact- Witnesses:

ing projections and openings adapted to in- J. A. CUNNINGHAM,

terlock by movement of the mantle carrier A. G. HENSEL, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for :five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

